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I keep on working with this. It is a kind of addiction, i'm affraid.

Well... to be honest: the donor was also part of a package deal. I can't tell the wife this, but they spread like rats.

In this "package deal" i bought another truck, without a crane. I thought it would be nice to complete this truck as well. By drilling out the rivet the crane will come loose and i can mount this on the craneless car with a small bolt and nut. I found a donor car with the crane: https://th...

So this is what happened: The pictures i shared earlier were from the ad site where i bought the models. So is did't realize the boom widens at the hinge. To shorten the boom would have looked strange so i decided to glue the parts. I sanded the old break surfaces and used Bison glue. It is strong e...

Thanks to all so far. Good to see many responds to my question! I was so fixed on gluing/soldering so i did'nt think about the "mechanical" repair methode. ;) What is the plan: i will take out the hinge pin, shorten the boom like Ghosthunter suggested. I will sand away the reinforcement ne...

https://image.ibb.co/cWwZSb/20t_crane.jpg https://image.ibb.co/mL2xfw/20t_crane_2.jpg Thanks to the moderator for helping me out so far. Inclosed i send some clarifying pictures. The problem is the arm of the crane. It has completely broken off the hinge. Now i am not going to drive it around the c...

I recently picked up Dinky Toys collecting. Over the last year i picked up some nice fifties and sixties models. They need not be perfect, as in my perspective, old items may show "battle scars". Now i piced up a set of DT 972 Lorry mounted cranes. See pictures: https://ibb.co/n5GXTG https...